Raewyn Atkinson

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Raewyn Atkinson
Born
Raewyn Atkinson

1955
Napier, New Zealand
Known forPotter, ceramicist
Website https://raewynatkinson.co.nz/

Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955) is a New Zealand ceramicist. [1] She completed a Diploma in Early Childhood Education at the Palmerston North Teachers College in 1975 and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History at Victoria University of Wellington in 1998. [1]

Atkinson travelled to Antarctica in 2000 as an Antarctic Arts Fellow under the Artists in Antarctica Programme. [2] She returned to Antarctica independently in 2003. [3] She was awarded the premier prize in the Portage Ceramic Awards in 2004, for works inspired by her time in the Antarctic. [4] She won the Portage premier award again in 2015, and both Portage winning works were exhibited at Te Uru in the survey exhibition Portage 20/20. [5] She was then invited to take the role of judge for the 2021 Portage Ceramic Awards. [6]

Atkinson's work is held in several collections including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The Dowse Art Museum, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Japan. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. p. 4. ISBN   1869620364.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Alumni". Antarctica New Zealand. Antarctica New Zealand. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Irish, Gina (Summer 2005–2006). "Southbound: Artists to Antarctica". Art New Zealand. no. 117: 42–46. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Antarctica inspires winning artist". The New Zealand Herald. APN New Zealand Limited. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Portage 20/20 - Te Uru". www.teuru.org.nz. Te Uru. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Aotearoa's Top Potter Picked In The 2021 Portage Ceramic Awards | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Raewyn Atkinson". Bowen Galleries. Bowen Galleries. Retrieved 2 December 2014.


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